Fear of drowning

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A highly detailed, intricate, and grotesque woodcut-style illustration depicts a tumultuous scene of horror and despair. On the left, a writhing mass of contorted, emaciated human figures, many with open mouths screaming in agony, are entangled within large, crashing ocean waves. Some of these figures appear to be half-submerged or emerging from the water, their faces etched with terror. A prominent monstrous face, made of swirling wave patterns, with jagged teeth and wide, terrified eyes, looms large from the crest of a massive wave, its mouth agape as if devouring or unleashing destruction.

In the upper left, winged demonic figures with skeletal bodies and elongated limbs are intertwined with the screaming human forms, adding to the macabre atmosphere. On the right side of the image, two figures in a small, wooden boat are being tossed by the violent waves. They reach out with desperate expressions towards a distant setting or rising sun on the horizon, which casts golden rays across the water. Above the boat, small birds fly, seemingly undisturbed by the chaos below. Two bat-like creatures or demons fly in the sky above the horizon. The entire scene is rendered with meticulous detail, using a color palette dominated by blues, greens,